Guy's, I have this thing for Mary. As in Mary of the bible - Jesus's mother.
Just thought I should clear that up. :)
I don't know about you, but something that makes the Christmas story so magical for me, is Mary, Jesus's mother. We don't get told much about her in the bible, and some may argue that therefore she really isn't the important (really, some people argue that.) But I just can't believe it - true, there isn't a book of the bible dedicated to her. But she was Jesus's mother. She was chosen to give birth to and raise the Saviour of the Earth, Messiah, God's one and only son.
Not important? Please.
The reason I'm so interested in her is because I've always thought that if I would want to be like any person in the bible (apart from Jesus) it would be her. There must have been some reason that God chose her to bear his son - there must have been! Her life held one of the greatest purposes of all time - to be the mother of God's own son. She must have been somebody pretty special.
So I have to confess. Sometimes I like to think that I'm a little bit like Mary.
Sometimes I like to think that if I had been living thousands of years ago, I would have seen the angel to.
Because I like to imagaine that I'm the kind of girl God would have chosen for a purpose like her's.
I used to look at Mary like this:
Mary was a soft, gentle, subbmissive, rule obeying girl who was not outspoken or rude and always did what she was told. Timid. Shy. Not very strong really. But my view of her has kind of changed recently.
Because I think Mary had spunk. I'll bet she was soft, genlte, and probably a bit of a dreamer. But I also think that Mary loved God - really loved God, and knew him on a level that many of the Pharasee's and rule obeying people of that time probably didn't. And because of her relationship with God, she was strong. Her authority was God, and she answered to him. I love this:
"You are strong. Or do you think Mary was weak? No, God choose that blessed virgin because she leaked the Holy Spirit from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. This is what you should seek."
Thats what my heart seeks. To be a little bit like Mary, to leak the Holy spirit from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet.
Because, there just must have been something about Mary :)
Love Gracie
Just thought I should clear that up. :)
I don't know about you, but something that makes the Christmas story so magical for me, is Mary, Jesus's mother. We don't get told much about her in the bible, and some may argue that therefore she really isn't the important (really, some people argue that.) But I just can't believe it - true, there isn't a book of the bible dedicated to her. But she was Jesus's mother. She was chosen to give birth to and raise the Saviour of the Earth, Messiah, God's one and only son.
Not important? Please.
The reason I'm so interested in her is because I've always thought that if I would want to be like any person in the bible (apart from Jesus) it would be her. There must have been some reason that God chose her to bear his son - there must have been! Her life held one of the greatest purposes of all time - to be the mother of God's own son. She must have been somebody pretty special.
So I have to confess. Sometimes I like to think that I'm a little bit like Mary.
Sometimes I like to think that if I had been living thousands of years ago, I would have seen the angel to.
Because I like to imagaine that I'm the kind of girl God would have chosen for a purpose like her's.
I used to look at Mary like this:
Mary was a soft, gentle, subbmissive, rule obeying girl who was not outspoken or rude and always did what she was told. Timid. Shy. Not very strong really. But my view of her has kind of changed recently.
Because I think Mary had spunk. I'll bet she was soft, genlte, and probably a bit of a dreamer. But I also think that Mary loved God - really loved God, and knew him on a level that many of the Pharasee's and rule obeying people of that time probably didn't. And because of her relationship with God, she was strong. Her authority was God, and she answered to him. I love this:
"You are strong. Or do you think Mary was weak? No, God choose that blessed virgin because she leaked the Holy Spirit from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. This is what you should seek."
Thats what my heart seeks. To be a little bit like Mary, to leak the Holy spirit from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet.
Because, there just must have been something about Mary :)
Love Gracie
